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27th of March 2025

GBIC interpretation of the DORA constellation

‘ICT service as part of a regulated financial service’

The background to the paper is the Q&A of the European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, ESMA, EIOPA) of 22 January 2025, which provides the EU Commission's clarification on this constellation.

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Quantencomputing
Position paper
19th of January 2026

Quantum Computing in the Financial Sector

Revolutionary approaches and future perspectives under the EU Quantum Act

Quantum computing is regarded as a potentially groundbreaking technology whose concrete impact on the financial industry is not yet fully foreseeable.

 
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10th of February 2026

A competitive banking sector – Europe in action

The paper describes how banks act as a source of financing for the real economy and transformation—and why a competitive, risk-adequate regulatory framework is essential for this.

The Association of German Banks in numbers

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Employees work for the Association of German Banks.

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locations. We work in Berlin, Brussels and Frankfurt/Main.

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members are part of our association, mainly private banks operating in Germany.

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Fintechs are among our members.